Mandatory fortification with folic acid in the United States is not associated with changes in the degree or the pattern of global DNA methylation in cells involved in cervical carcinogenesis

Cancer Biomarkers

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 259-266

  Piyathilake, Chandrika J ^a   Azrad, Maria ^a   Jhala, Darshana ^b   MacAluso, Maurizio ^a   Kabagambe, Edmond K ^a   Brill, Ilene ^a   Niveleau, Alain ^c   Jhala, Nirag ^b   Grizzle, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

cervix; DNA; Folic acid; fortification; methylation

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; FOLIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CEREAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREALS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248526175     PISSN: 15740153     EISSN: 18758592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CBM-2006-2604     Document Type: Article

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